The Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgadodid not rule out the application of the curfew in the four northern provinces (Arica, Parinacota, Tamarugal, and Loa) in which the State of Exception is in force.
“When the decision is made to decree a State of Constitutional Exception in four provinces, the decision is made to give powers to the chiefs of Defense precisely to be able to use them. We do not rule out any of them nor the curfew to be able to restrict the mobility”, indicated the Secretary of State in a balance on the implementation of the State of Exception.
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“This is not against the inhabitants of the province of Tamarugal -where Colchane is located- but we are talking about those who mobilize from the Chilean side to be able to connect with criminal gangs from the Bolivian side, this is something that we have measured and accredited in different operations”, added the head of the Interior.
Let us remember that the Government decided to apply the State of Exception in the four northern provinces, after the strike initiated by truckers due to the death of Byron Castillocase in which the main suspects are three Venezuelan citizens.
Entry of immigrants in Colchane
The Municipality of Colchane released a video in which numerous immigrants cross into national territory through unauthorized steps, on the border with Bolivia. This, in the presence of police and military personnel.
“Today, Wednesday the 16th, during the afternoon, we saw how hundreds of migrants manage to cross the border into our country without any greater control, despite the implementation of the new Migration Law and also the militarization resulting from the State of Exception,” said the mayor. of Colchane, Javier Garciain conversation with ex ante.
Regarding the record released by the building, the Minister of the Interior replied that “what is missing in that video is what happens next: we have a registration process for these people who crossed and also a return and redirection process that was carried out out this morning.”
“Those of us who have been in Colchane know that that place, that ditch that exists where this video was filmed, is just the border with Bolivia, and it is precisely a process, that is why I want to take charge of the redirection process,” Delgado added. .
According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, between Friday and yesterday, the Government has returned 100 immigrants to their country. However, from the Municipality of Colchane they affirm that many of them try to return to Chile through other steps.
